Operation Serendipity

Operation Serendipity (29 March 2006) was a military operation of the Iraq War carried out by the United States against al-Qaeda in Iraq and other Iraqi insurgents. The Americans succeeded in clearing a mosque of insurgents in another victory for the MNF-I.

History
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist group succeeded in stirring up violence against the United States-led coalition and Shi'ites during the Iraq War, and the AQI occupied a mosque in the city of Almaden, from which they attacked US Marine Corps patrols. The marines were deployed to fight against the Iraqi insurgents, and they engaged in house-to-house combat. They were initially held back at the mosque and the third floor of one of the residential buildings by strong AQI resistance, but they were eventually able to push through and take on the insurgents. The Americans were victorious over al-Qaeda, securing the mosque.